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"GUS" is a plural of: gu. |
"GUS" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "great", "venerable", "increase". |
Date "GUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
"GUS" is a common misspelling or typo for: gas, gnus, guess, gums, guns, gush, gust, guts. |
| Domain | Definition |
Census | (Geographic Update System) A decentralized hardware/software system to encode updates to the TIGER File. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
GUS | English | Guide to the Use of Standards | N/A |
GUS | German | Gemeinschaft Unabhängiger Staaten | Geography |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: GUS |
| Specialty definitions using "GUS": Geographic Update System for X Window. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "GUS" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Scottish (and the verbal, anything, preceding an, the art. of the n., till, to, until). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I mean it, Gus. Why not, go north with a herd? (Lonesome Dove; writing credit: Larry McMurtry; William D. Wittliff) | |
Lyrics | Hop on the bus, Gus (50 Ways To Leave Your Lover; performing artist: PAUL SIMON) | |
Tongue Twisters | Gus goes by Blue Goose bus. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Greasy Gus (1967) Grateful Gus (1958) Aubrey and Gus (1955) My Pal Gus (1952) Donald's Cousin Gus (1939) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
![]() | Gus Grissom & Milt Thompson With Paresev. Credit: NASA. | ![]() | On high mountain rangelands in central Utah, range technician Gus Warr collects larkspur samples to measure alkaloid levels. Credit: USDA ARS News. |
![]() | Gus Dorner. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Gus Krock. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Three Communist Party leaders convicted of conspiracy to teach the overthrow of the government are shown at the Supreme Court. Left to right: John Gates of New York, Gus Hall of Cleveland, and Carl Winer of Detroit. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | "Big Tim" Sullivan talking with Gus Roeder. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Oakland community, Greene County, Georgia (vicinity). Mrs. Gus Wright, FSA (Farm Security Administration) client, with some of her canned goods. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Mrs. Gus Wright, FSA (Farm Security Administration) client, with her canned goods. Oakland community, Greene County, Georgia. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Gus Worke, a farmer who came from Germany 40 years ago, Southington, Conn. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Jackson & Perkins, Newark, New Jersey. Gus Boerner. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | According to GUS the percentage share of footwear and leather industry in the total sale amounted to 1,8% in 1999. The market for footwear has achieved a steady level. (references) | |
Economic History | Indonesia | In October 1999 the MPR elected a compromise candidate, Abdurrahman Wahid (a.k.a Gus Dur), as the country's fourth president, and Megawati Sukarnoputri, a daughter of the country's first president, as the vice president. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "GUS" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 73.74% of the time. "GUS" is used about 99 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 73.74% | 73 | 39,105 |
| Noun (singular) | 16.16% | 16 | 87,710 |
| Noun (common) | 9.09% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Noun (plural) | 1.01% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 99 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "GUS" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Gus | First name Male | 11,000 | 637 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "GUS" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "great", "venerable", "increase". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "GUS." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Augustus | Male | Ancient Roman | N/A |
| Augusta | Female | English | Augustus |
| Augustine | Male | English | Augustus |
| Gus | Male | English | Augustus |
| Aukusti | Male | Finnish | Augustus |
| Auguste | Male | French | Augustus |
| August | Male | German | Augustus |
| Augusta | Female | Italian | Augustus |
| Augusto | Male | Italian | Augustus |
| Augusts | Male | Latvian | Augustus |
| August | Male | Polish | Augustus |
| Augusta | Female | Polish | Augustus |
| Augusto | Male | Portuguese | Augustus |
| Augusto | Male | Spanish | Augustus |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| United Kingdom | GUS P.L.C. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expression using "GUS": gloomy Gus. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
gus macker | 598 | gus pickle | 10 |
gus | 198 | gus lee | 10 |
gus gus | 104 | gus hansen | 10 |
gus macker basketball | 53 | 3 3 gus macker | 9 |
gus van sant | 40 | gus macker wausau | 9 |
gus harley | 31 | kahn gus | 9 |
gus macker tournament | 29 | gus home shopping | 8 |
gus grissom | 28 | chevrolet gus paulos | 8 |
elephant gus sant van | 27 | gus paulos | 8 |
gus macker.com | 21 | gus present | 8 |
gus macker basketball tournament | 19 | gus plc | 7 |
gus giordano | 16 | gus macker schedule | 7 |
2003 gus macker | 14 | dur gus | 7 |
buffalo gus macker | 13 | brown gus | 6 |
gus machado ford | 12 | gus frerotte | 6 |
gus ludington macker | 12 | gus johnson | 6 |
gus johnson ford | 11 | gus smacker | 6 |
gus hall | 11 | gus trikonis | 5 |
chillicothe gus macker | 11 | gus pretzels | 5 |
gus maker | 11 | david gus gus | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "GUS": gush, gushed, gusher, gushers, gushes, gushier, gushiest, gushily, gushiness, gushinesses, gushing, gushingly, gushy, gusset, gusseted, gusseting, gussets, gussie, gussied, gussies, gussy, gussying, gust, gustable, gustables, gustation, gustations, gustatorily, gustatory, gusted, gustier, gustiest, gustily, gustiness, gustinesses, gusting, gustless, gusto, gustoes, gusts, gusty. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "GUS": anilingus, anthropophagus, argus, asparagus, bogus, choragus, choregus, cunnilingus, dingus, esophagus, fugus, fungus, kagus, magus, microfungus, mundungus, negus, oesophagus, pemphigus, sarcophagus, tragus, vagus, valgus, vulgus. (additional references) | |
Words containing "GUS": anilinguses, arguses, august, auguster, augustest, augustly, augustness, augustnesses, choraguses, choreguses, cunnilinguses, degust, degustation, degustations, degusted, degusting, degusts, dinguses, disgust, disgusted, disgustedly, disgustful, disgustfully, disgusting, disgustingly, disgusts, esophaguses, funguses, microfunguses, mundunguses, neguses, outgush, outgushes, pemphiguses, sarcophaguses, valguses, vulguses. (additional references) | |
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"GUS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Egusa, Gaus, Gcu, Ghu, Goz, Gue, gusa, Gusau, Guse, gusk, guss, Guus, Gxu, Ogus, Ugb, Ugs. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-s-u" | |
-1 letter: us. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-s-u" | |
+1 letter: bugs, dugs, fugs, gnus, guls, gums, guns, gush, gust, guts, guvs, guys, hugs, jugs, lugs, mugs, pugs, rugs, slug, smug, snug, sugh, sung, tugs, ughs, vugs. | |
+2 letters: agues, argus, bogus, bungs, burgs, chugs, drugs, dungs, frugs, fugus, gauds, gaums, gaurs, gauss, genus, geums, glues, glugs, gluts, gouts, grubs, grues, guans, guars, gucks, gudes, guess, guest, guffs, guids, guise, gules, gulfs, gulls, gulps, gunks, gursh, gurus, gushy, gussy, gusto, gusts, gusty, gutsy, gyrus, iglus, kagus, luges, lungs, magus, muggs, negus, plugs, pungs, quags, rungs, sagum, saugh, segue, shrug, slugs, slung, snugs, sough, sprug, squeg, stung, sugar, sughs, suing, surge, surgy, swung, thugs, trugs, tungs, urges, usage, using, vagus, vuggs, vughs, yugas. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 55 53 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--. ..- ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01010101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G U S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0055 0053 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)415553 |
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